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Seven Southern States Plan Their Own Super Tuesday for 2016 Race

Texas, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi and Arkansas Could Vote on March 1

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Beth Reinhard

Jan. 11, 2015 7:26 p.m. ET

A potential Southern Super Tuesday with as many seven states voting near the start of the presidential primary calendar could become a pivotal moment in the 2016 GOP nomination battle.

Georgia’s secretary of state is leading an effort to hold a regional primary on March 1 next year that could include Texas and Florida, the nation’s second- and third-most-populous states. Non-Southern states also could hold elections that day.